M. E. Barber

6.5.6.5.D.

IF the path I travel

Lead me to the Cross,

If the way Thou choosest,

Lead to pain and loss,

Let the compensation

Daily, hourly, be

Shadowless communion,

Blessed Lord with Thee.

2

If there’s less of earth joy

Give, Lord, more of heav’n.

Let the spirit praise Thee,

Though the heart be riv’n;

If sweet earthly ties, Lord,

Break at Thy decree,

Let the tie that binds us,

Closer, sweeter be.

3

Lonely through the pathway,

Cheer it with Thy smile,

Be Thou my companion

Through earth’s little while;

Selfless may I live, Lord,

By Thy grace to be,

Just a cleansed channel

For Thy life through me.

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